This is an important stage in the life of a 6/2. It is the final stage of the life and is referred to as the Kiron return and occurs around 50 years of age. It can be a time of flowering or it can be psychologically painful. That is why it is so important for a 6/2 to learn to operate correctly. I wanted to dedicate a page to the 6/2 because this has been and continues to be my own process. For me, it has been more than observing and learning the profiles. It is my own experience. I am almost 18 years off the roof. I am grateful that Human Design found me and I was able to live as a Generator before I came off because it was this that protected me and has allowed me to flower.
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If you are a 6/2 and have "come off the roof", and having a difficult time, please know that it is never too late to begin to live your life in a way that is aligned to who you were born to be. If you have not been living according to your strategy and making decisions from a place that is not your mind - you may have noticed that your life after 50 has gotten progressively worse. A 6/2 is protected while on the roof. Once off that protection is gone and if you are not protected by Strategy and Authority you are very vulnerable to intense and unpleasant experiences.
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Remember - it is never too late to begin living who you are!
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The 12 Profiles
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When I first met Human Design, Ra had just introduced type. A few years later, when Ra was living in Sedona, he asked me if I would transcribe for him. I responded. So each morning, I would go to his home and he'd give me an audio cassette with his voice talking about one of the 12 profiles. He had never taught profiles before. It was amazing for me to listen to Ra and type what he was saying. It was as if the information went into my cells through his voice in my ear. I had a transcribing machine that worked similar to the pedal of a sewing machine. I could stop and pause to type and then pick up again or go back over something as many times as I needed. I type fast and was able to complete each profile in a short period of time. When I brought back the 5/2 Profile, he gave me the 6/2. I thought I would be able to go at the same speed as I had all the others.
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Oh how wrong I was. It took me a long time to transcribe the 6/2. It was a very intense experience for me as I was devastated by the information. I screamed out "NO" after hearing about coming off the roof at around 50. I was 47 at this time. There was no way in hell I was coming off the roof. No way I was going to go through similar experiences as I had in my first 28 years. I cried. I freaked out. It was not simply transcribing. I was taking it all in very deeply into me.
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I finally finished and returned the transcription and cassette to Ra. I told him that I was really afraid to come off the roof. My first 28 years were traumatic. I did not want to meet that again. He told me that I was already operating correctly through Strategy and Authority and that it would be a totally different kind of experience. It would not be the same and there was nothing to fear. The first 28 years I did not know how to be myself in the world - so it was very intense. Now I knew.
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The Three Stages of the 6/2: Role Model Hermit
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Profile is a deep look at the Sun and Earth in your chart - both conscious and unconscious. It is this that makes up 70% of who we are. I do not want to teach and go into a lot of detail about profile here. But I would like to give a little information for those of you who are 6/2's and do not know what that means.
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First Stage:
In the first 28 years, the first Saturn cycle, the personality 6 is really chaotic. It is a very intense period and the person who is a 6/2 can suffer a great deal. The 6/2 is going through a third line phase and is constantly having things bump into it but it is not equipped, as a true third line being is, to handle this.
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The unconscious second line is drawing people to them. People project on the 6/2 that they can do this or that - that they are a natural. But it all breaks down - nothing seems to work. The 6/2 is truly helpless in this first stage of their process. And they are always looking for a place they can retreat to so they can be left alone. All the trial and error, all that being pulled into so many things that just didn't work, can make a 6/2 pessimistic. And that is not the nature of the 6/2. There is tremendous psychological pressure on the 6/2 to be an example - to be a role model. The 6/2 is here to say "this is how it works" but in those first 28 years they only know that nothing has worked. Finally at their Saturn return, they are able to retreat to the roof.
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Second Stage:
The Saturn return is the beginning of the second stage and brings a period of retreat. From about 28 years to 50 years, the 6/2 is up on the roof. They become aloof. They become an objective observer. It is objectivity that begins to bring harmony to the life of a 6/2. And slowly the pessimism from the first 28 years leaves. c During the this stage, the 6/2 becomes an authority figure. It is looking to see what does work out there (they already know what doesn't work) and what could work for them. They need to be able to trust it. When they find something that works, this is when they have their greatest influence on those around them. Because of the first stage, they can say that they know what doesn't work and now in this stage they start to find things that work. This begins the movement towards optimism. This optimism becomes fulfilled when they come off the roof.
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Third and Final Stage:
This is known as the coming off the roof and happens around 50 years of age at the Chiron return. No one who is a 6/2 can escape coming off the roof. It is here that the 6/2 is meant to re-engage and re-enter life. They can no longer be aloof. They are also no longer protected as they were when they were on the roof. At the Chiron point, the 6/2 is expected to enter the world as a living example. There is tremendous pressure on the 6/2 to be an example their whole life - but now off the roof - they are expected to be one. They can either be an example or a hypocrite. They have to walk their talk.
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They are no longer an authority figure as they were when they were on the roof. The 6/2 has a deep theme of trust. As long as a 6/2 is living the "not-self", nothing works and there can be no trust. The harmony that developed from the objective second stage is very important for this stage when they come off the roof. The world is not a harmonious place. If they have not found an inner harmony, they will have a difficult time in the world in this part of their life. The 6/2 has to provide their own harmony. It cannot matter if those around them are in harmony or not. They have to sing their own tune and not expect anyone else to be in harmony with them. If at this stage, they are looking for harmony outside, they will only experience pain and get lost in the disharmony that is the world. c They had no harmony in the first 28 years. It was chaotic and disturbing. Without finding an inner harmony within their true self, this off the roof stage will be the same kind of experience. This is why it is so important for a 6/2 to live correctly as themselves. Then this period is a real flowering for them. It is in this stage that a 6/2 can become a living example of really being oneself.
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Excerpts from my Chiron Reading with Ra in 1999
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It is very important for people to understand that they do not become that chart. That is not who they are. We are always our birth chart. But the cycle readings: Rave Return, Saturn Return, Uranus Opposition and the Chiron Return, show us what we will meet for that stage of our life.
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Mostly everything Ra told me in this reading freaked out my mind. It did not want to come off the roof. It did not want to get involved. Looking back I can smile, but I was not smiling then. What I find interesting about all my readings was that my mind thought it knew what was being said and what it meant for me. But how it unfolded and how I lived out what was there was something entirely different. It took me a long time to be comfortable in this final phase of my life.
Here are some excerpts from my Chiron Return Reading. "Chiron was both a healer and in some traditions an armor maker. So at one level being able to really hurt and the other level really being able to heal. So the real theme of Chiron is always about wounding and healing.
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First of all if you don’t have any spiritual background in your life the Chiron Return is everything for you. It’s really the last chance, after that it’s an old dog and it’s new tricks and it’s very, very difficult. So what you have is that you’ll have a lot of people who will come around late ‘40’s, early ‘50’s desperate, in a sense, to find some kind of spiritual value in their life because they’ve missed all the other turns in the road.
Obviously, that’s not your case. But what it does say is that in order for you to be healthy in this phase of your life, and this is the last phase of your life, then living out the nature of what’s brought to you in this return is very important."
"The clearest thing about this, the first thing to see about this is that this is a complete sphinx configuration. Not only is this a sphinx configuration, but it’s the whole thing. In other words, you have the whole power focus of this and you have three different ways in which that can be expressed through the sphinx gates to the throat.
The clearest thing for you to recognize is that the only way in which you’re going to be healthy for the rest of your life is that if you live out your capacity to influence and give direction. If you don’t do that you’re going to be unhealthy in your process. You’re into now the most powerful time of your life, even though you’ve gone through all kinds of things. So the thing to see about this to begin with is that there is a clear responsibility in all of that mostly to communicate.
All of the three possibilities—after all, they’re sitting there anyway—of being able to express where we are and its perspective. Remember that the logical part of you is always trying to say to somebody, “This is where you are, but this is where you can go.” That’s the logical part; that’s why it’s influential. It’s a capacity to say, “Here’s a pattern for you."
My Chiron Chart
"The abstract sits there and says, “This is where you are, that’s where you’ve come from.” In other words, “I know where you’ve been, you’ve been there and there and there and there,” and that’s the whole part of being a prodigal is that the whole thing about a prodigal is that at some point if you really are going to fulfill that role, you must release what’s inside of you. ccc You have to get it out. And so much of what’s getting it out is about the reflection on human experience, that’s why I talked to you about a book, to be able to put that in perspective for yourself, to be able to concretize that and then to live out your influence because it can be of value for others. The guidance that’s there for you to bring to others, this whole sphinx configuration, you really have to see so much of that is about being able to articulate from different perspectives.
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See it in its context it’s talking about making a contribution. It’s saying the uniqueness in you has to be there to make that contribution. Remember that the individual says “I know where you are and here’s where you are.” It’s not saying “this is where you can go tomorrow”; this is not saying “I know where you’ve come from”; this is saying “I know exactly what you are right now.” That’s a very different thing. Remember, all three of those are at work. c This openness of the whole sphinx system here, all those three channels, that’s an indication that you really have a theme for you until the rest of your life that through your identity you have to bring direction to other people. c The whole thing for you to see is that you cannot escape your karma to be of influence. You can’t. Not only that, but it’s a major theme for you for the rest of your life. One of the things that is obvious is that if your life is full you go from being a warrior to being a teacher, that’s what you have to do. At some point everybody has to give up their warrior’s way. I don’t live that life any more, it’s not possible. And at some point you transfer that energy over. You have a gift of articulation, you have a gift of expressing yourself. c It’s all about communion. Ok, no communion unless you respond. No harmony unless you respond. That means that every time that you’re responding then you know that you can get harmony out of the situation. You can only make your contribution when you feel right about it. Again, that has to come out of all this stuff we understand about the nature of response.
The theme for this period of your life is not being fully engaged. It's the recluse, the fool on the hill. You have your home, you have your space - where you are comfortable then for the forces to come to you. It's about you being a source for guidance that forces can come to which means that they have to know that's available at one level or another.
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You need to maintain your contact with the outside world. But remember that all your dealings are simply momentary. It'll keep you much healthier. That means that you have no fixed rule. This is the beauty of anarchy. In other words, you're not organizing your likes and dislikes. You're living them out moment by moment because that is the gift there. That's the magic. "It's only my spleen and it's only about what is healthy NOW." That's the limitation of what it is to be you and that is the major mutative step for you.
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When you say "unun" you are not saying "no" to something you are saying "no" to it being unhealthy for you in that moment. Someone can always come back because it is never personal. It is only ever about your health. It's never absolute. It is always your spontaneous truth in that moment. You never know what your response will be. You can never know. You already know that. c I know your spirit. It’s a time for you in your life where what you know, what you’re aware of can be of value to others. It’s important because what you can bring out of that will be of value to others. That’s what Chiron is saying. Chiron is saying “live out your theme, live out your theme of being a guide for others, being a leader for others, and live out that theme correctly and you’re going to have a healthy and enjoyable rest of your life because that’s what it’s there for, for you.” It really starts with what you are already doing -to really be aware of your generator’s response, and to demand that from the world around you."
On Turning 50
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Before turning 50, so many of my friends asked me to have a party to celebrate. But my response continually was "unun" (no). It was strange as I didn't feel it was the real celebration. Months later as I was talking about my Chiron to someone I was asked if I wanted to have a party for that date and my response was a very strong "ahunh". Now I felt this was truly the perfect celebration.
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I rented the big beautiful space at the Sedona Public Library and invited whoever my sacral responded to from a long list of names. That in itself was a very strange experience. I responded to a live band, catering and decorations. The decorations were my favorite as it was all orange and purple and silver and had an Egyptian theme. It coincided with a Mystical Course Ra was teaching so it was a wonderful mixture of people from Human Design and friends from Sedona. Ra came too which was really fun.
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Here are some photos from that celebration. I didn't even think of photos so I was glad that a friend took some! It felt like it was the beginning of the rest of my life - and it was exactly that. And the flowering continues. I am in awe of the whole process. When Ra gave me my Chiron reading, I had no idea how all he said would unfold. Now - almost 18 years off the roof - I am a witness to its unfolding.
An email from Ra
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This is an email I received from Ra just about 5 years after coming off the roof. I had moved from Sedona to Asheville to be near my daughter and granddaughter.
-----Original Message----- From: Ra Uru Hu [mailto:ruhu@jovianarchive.com] Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 12:39 AM To: 'Mary Ann Winiger' Subject: RE: personal question
Hello, hello,
What I watch in your process is your movement towards the ideal of the 6/2.
It is very close to the feelings you describe now but needs time to mature.
The true example can only be alone. No one can ever sit in the backseat with your passenger at the cosmic drive in movie. It is in that perfect aloneness that your example can be of value to whomever and never again are there any strings attached.
I know you are loving yourself,
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My Profile Story
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During a course Ra was teaching, he mentioned how each of us could write our own story just by our profile and going around the wheel using the Rave I'Ching. It intrigued me when he said it and I knew it was something I wanted to do. One day I began. We had been emailing and I was able to ask him if I understood it correctly and laid out what I had heard. I then began. I began with 41.6 (my Personality Sun) and the 44.2 (my Design Sun).
From Gate 41 and Gate 44 I moved counterclockwise around the wheel. It took me awhile to get to this pattern. Once I wrote the first description of the combined Suns, I sent it to him. He said it was good but a little lengthy. To shorten the combining of both gates and lines took time but I finally found my rhythm in the journey. He wanted me to continue sending him the "story". It was a fascinating exploration. What I did get to see was that so many of the words in the I'Ching used the word "action". Action was not a word I felt aligned to as I was still in the deep processing of not taking action and waiting to respond. I saw that I needed to change words to fit my process as a Generator.
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I remember Ra saying at one time that after someone completes their first 7 years deconditioning that they could write their own I'Ching. While doing this excercise I saw that this was true.
It was a deep process for me to see my 6/2 story around the wheel. There were aspects of my life that were very intense and at times painful. My mind had thought these past experiences happened because I was not correct and not living by my strategy and authority. But in doing this exercise, I saw that there were themes that repeated and these themes were part of my life.
